A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
BIG BOYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Q McB's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-08-23
latest 2026-06-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
573.65
last 4 Master vs avg 573.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±79.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.62 · weakest Brisket (145.95)
Road miles
246
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
573.65 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
5.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2025-07-05).
- last seen 2019-08-23
- back 2025-07-05
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Q McB's BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 115 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#5393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Q McB's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q McB's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#5381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Q McB's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Q McB's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.7028 | 156.00 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 153.1316 | 163.62 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 144.5832 | 148.99 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 134.1944 | 145.95 | top 93% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 92% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.8 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.62 · weakest Brisket (145.95)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
573.65
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
7–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
246
4 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,700
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2025-07-05
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1485) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2025
- First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best overall score642.8348 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2026
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2019-08-23 |
| -14.3 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2025-07-05 |
| -9.5 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2026-06-12 |
| -8.4 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2025-08-22 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 93% | 89.3% | 87.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 61% | 61% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 28 / 29 (594.1716) | 28 (149.7028) | 27 (153.1316) | 28 (147.3944) | 28 (143.9428) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 33 / 38 (642.8348) | 36 (162.2400) | 1 (178.8800) | 37 (144.5832) | 31 (157.1316) |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 13 / 13 (618.2284) | 13 (154.8456) | 12 (158.8456) | 12 (156.0000) | 13 (148.5372) |
| 2019-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 28 / 29 (439.3828) | 18 (157.2112) | — | 22 (147.9772) | 27 (134.1944) |